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Beni River, Bolivia - July/August 2012 - Sierra Magazine - Sierra Club
...sierraclub.org - sierra magazine - july/august 2012 - beni river, bolivia EXPLORE | Beni River, Bolivia From a source high in the Bolivian Andes, the Beni River's waters flow northeast for 1,000 miles before spilling into the...
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Lay of the Land - May/June 2006 - Sierra Magazine - Sierra Club
...undid a sweetheart deal. In January, global engineering and construction giant Bechtel dropped its $25 million lawsuit against the government of Bolivia, which had broken a 40-year contract that gave the company control over the...
http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/200605/lol.asp

May/June 2002 - Sierra Magazine - Sierra Club
...Bechtel v. Bolivia. With annual revenues of $14 billion, the Bechtel Corporation is almost as rich as the country of Bolivia, where the entire gross domestic product was most recently estimated at $20.9 billion. But that didn't keep...
http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/200205/lol.asp

March/April 2001 Sierra Magazine - Sierra Club
...and studying in contaminated buildings continue to be exposed to dangerous chemicals. Some have filed class-action lawsuits against the state, alleging that the campus was reopened prematurely. The New Paltz disaster is often...
http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/200103/conspiracy.asp

Downwind in Mississippi - March/April 2001 - Sierra Magazine - Sierra Club
...lawsuit at the state supreme court level and Cook was still allowed to continue operating, he attacked on another front. In 1998, Kennard secured the pro bono services of a high-powered lawyer and slapped Cook with a nuisance...
http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/200103/profile.asp

Profile - November/December 2005 - Sierra Magazine - Sierra Club
...In 2003, Maisari was part of a class-action lawsuit against Dearborn Industrial Generation—Rouge's 457-acre natural-gas-fired power plant across from the schools—for excessive noise. The lead plaintiff, Mohammed Ahmed, 55, is a...
http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/200511/profile.asp

Lay of the Land - March/April 2008 - Sierra Magazine - Sierra Club
...Today Hurwitz and Maxxam are hundreds of millions of dollars richer, and Pacific Lumber is bankrupt and mired in lawsuits. Rather than head back to Houston, Hurwitz is pursuing what Sierra Club California's forestry expert Paul Mason...
http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/200803/lol.asp

The Boar Wars - March/April 2007 - Sierra Magazine - Sierra Club
...as a recreational resource rather than protecting habitat, in 1978 the Sierra Club joined the Audubon Society in a lawsuit arguing that the state had violated the Endangered Species Act by maintaining feral goats and sheep on the...
http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/200703/boar2.asp

Career Climber - September/October 2005 - Sierra Magazine - Sierra Club
...at the annual meeting last April, asking the company to divulge the hidden costs of PFOAÑlegal fees, lobbying fees, lawsuit judgments. We also wanted the company to tell its shareholders what it knew about the health and...
http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/200509/one_small_step.asp

WHAT INSPIRES YOU?JULY/AUGUST 2001 - Sierra Magazine - Sierra Club
...outing leader for the Chapter, served as Chapter Chair during a very exciting time of the precedent setting Palila lawsuit, saw the need to strengthen the Chapter by forming groups on each island, then moved to national level,...
http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/200107/inspire.asp

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